[Board-fr] Free GIS Day November 6, 2014 OSGéo - IGEAT (ULB) – Brussels (Belgium)

[Vincent Picavet]

Hello all,

As far as OSGeo-fr is concerned, we have been consulted and are happy to see 
that event taking shape. We will support the event as much as we can.

Vincent

Le lundi 1 septembre 2014 17:57:58, Maelle Vercauteren a écrit :
> Dear,
> 
> I am contacting you about the potential use of the name “FOSS4G-Be” and
> about the participation of OSGeo-fr for a future freeGIS day in Belgium
> (Website and Event):
> 
> We want to organize a French OSGeo event (the so called FOSS4G-Be) in early
> November 2014, in relation with the GIS courses and masterclass held at the
> Université Libre de Bruxelles, IGEAT research Unit:
> It will be a one day event. There will be a selection of plenary
> communication related to free SIG use in public or private environment and
> 2 or 3 practical workshops.
> 
> This event will cover the following 3 topics:
> 
> 1) FOSS4G tools/software: Establishment/creation or storage of
> infrastructure and web sharing of spatial data
> 2) Data & Services: Presentation on the freely available data and services
> 3) Applications: use of Open GIS (also with guest speakers from the South)
> 
> 
> Would you be willing to support us and work together on this project and
> could we use the name “FOSS4G-Be”?
> 
> Could the event be co-organized by the ULB and OSGeo-fr?
> If so, it would be nice to have an OSGeo-fr stand with a representative of
> the association and of its activities (as well as a plenary presentation if
> you are interested in).
> 
> 
> Feel free to contact me if you have questions or if you would like to share
> your suggestions.
> 
> 
> Thank you in advance for your reply,
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> Maë//e